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‘Waste? You mean by-products!’ From bio-waste management to agro-ecology in Italian winemaking and beyond

Krzywoszynska, Anna

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Anna Krzywoszynska



Abstract

This paper engages in a critique of Italian and EU agricultural bio-waste policy, taking a relational approach to understanding the role of these materials in socio-material networks of production. Specifically, I consider how the challenges posed by excess materials of agricultural production fit into larger concerns about rural sustainability, both social and environmental. Drawing on a number of case studies from the Italian winemaking industry, I demonstrate the legislative creation of waste from the by-products of winemaking such as grape marc and vine wood. By physically removing bio-wastes from the socio-material context of their production, the current legislation privileges capital and technologically intensive methods for the management of bio-wastes. This process results in environmental contradictions and an unequal distribution of economic and societal benefits from the utilization of these materials. What is needed, I argue, is the incorporation of excess materials into thinking about local agro-ecologies as environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable.

Citation

Krzywoszynska, A. (2012). ‘Waste? You mean by-products!’ From bio-waste management to agro-ecology in Italian winemaking and beyond. Sociological Review, 60(S2), 47-65. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954x.12037

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 1, 2012
Deposit Date Mar 4, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Sociological Review
Print ISSN 0038-0261
Electronic ISSN 1467-954X
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 60
Issue S2
Pages 47-65
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954x.12037
Keywords Food waste, Bio-waste, Wwinemaking, Agro-ecology, Risk.

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Krzywoszynska, A. (2012), ‘Waste? You mean by-products!’ From bio-waste management to agro-ecology in Italian winemaking and beyond. The Sociological Review, 60 (S2): 47-65, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12037. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.




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